would you want your dog back after 8 years or would you rather the current owners be found?

[Liberal_in_LA]

Dog lost in Virginia 8 years ago found in California animal shelter

shouldn't they try to find the current owners? :-(

This isn't the dog, just a pic of one like it:

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A stray dog brought to a Northern California animal shelter turned out to have been reported missing in Virginia eight years ago.

Now, officials are planning a reunion between the long-lost dog and her grateful owners.

Around Thanksgiving in 2003, Petunia, then 3 years old, walked away from her family’s farm in Virginia. The family conducted a large search, but never found her.

Petunia somehow ended up in Yuba County, north of Sacramento, at the Animal Care Services Shelter.

After a physical exam, the stray was scanned for a microchip.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/12/dog-lost-in-viriginia-8-years-ago-found-in-california-animal-shelter.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lanowblog+%28L.A.+Now%29